Plant marker



H. M. ROLPH.

PLANT MARKER. APPLICATION FILED rms. |922.

1,435,178. l Patented Nov. 14,1922.

In Wmo/:

vPatented Nov. i4, i922.

PLANT Mannen.

Application filed February 8, 1922.

T 0 all '107mm t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY M. Roten, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the village of Markham, county of York. Province of Ontario, in the Dominion ot' Canada, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Plant Markers, described in the followingl specification and illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, that torm part oi the same.

The objects ot' the invention are` to provide a. simple and eltective device vlor marking plants which will facilitate the work oi the `gardener or horticulturist and which may be produced very cheaply.

The principal feature of' the invention consists in the novel formation ot a length of wire into a supporting loop havingl an extension on which a marking` plate is removably secured and supported by the loop.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective `View of my improved marker.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the method of removing the label trom the holder.

Figure 3 is a perspective view et a moditied form.

ln the planting ot various seeds and plants it is important that proper designation of the seeds or young plants be arranged so that their nature may be readily determined and it will of course be understood that a marker to be useful must be capable ot being produced very cheaply.,v otherwise the expense where thousands ol? plants re quire to be marked would be very burdensome to the florists or gardeners.

' ln the present invention l have formed a' marker of a single length of wire having a straight shank l adapted to be inserted in the ground. The upper end of this shank is bent at an obtuse. angle at 2 and a loop 3 is formed extending upwardly and at an obtuse angle to the bent portion and to the stem l.

A secondary loop 4 is formed by a further bend of the wire, the open side of the loop being adjacent and at the underside of the loop 3. The wire then extends horizontally in a bar 5 and the end is bent downwardly serial no. 534,929.

forming a loop 5, the terminal end 'l' oic which extends upwardly.

llthe centre ot the loop 6 is preferably arranged about midway of the depth oi? the loop 4 and is substantially parallel with the loop 4. lThe marker plate 8 is preferably formed of thin sheet metal which may be readily stamped or marked upon to indicate the name or other designation ot the pla-nt. This plate is provided with a hole 9 at one end.

lu securing the marker plate in the holder. the end i' of the loop 6 is inserted through the hole 9 in the manner illustrated in Figure 2. rlhe plate is then rotated upon the loop so that the free end is swung into the open side ot the loop 4 and passing` behind the loop 3 the bottom edge of the plate rests against the bottom of the loop 4. The plate is thus held very securely in position as the loop 4 is preferably made to pinch the plate and it will not shake out oi position or be dislodged through any ordinary handling, or unless it is deliberately pulled out.

The plate may of course be very readily changed if desired by simply pulling it out of the loop 4 and slipping it ott the loop 6.

A marker such as described is extremely simple, the whole consisting ot one piece ot wire very simply formed while the plate is extremely simple requiring .in the form shown only the punching of a hole but even this may be eliminated by forming the loop at the tree end suliiciently deep to receive the plate in the ina-nner similar to the loop 4 as illustrated in Figure 3.

l.Vhat l claim as my invention is:w

A plant marker :termed ot a length of wire bent downwardly in a loop and having the lower end of the downward portion bent upwardly in a plane at right angles to the first loop and turned at its uppuer end in a direction parallel with the first loop torming an open jaw, a hook end on the eX- tremity of the laterally turned end oit the wire, and a plate secured upon said hook end and gripped in the open jaw.

HENRY M. RQLPH.

Witness:

A. T. WILSON. 

